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Anand totally surprises Kramnik in the opening of Game 11 of the World Championship

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Oct 29th, 2008: Game 11 starts with Anand finally playing 1.e4 for the first time during the championship. Kramnik, surprised, hesitates, and plays the Sicilian Defence

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  • Interview with Dr. Tarrasch (Chess Review, 1935)

    Q: What exceptional circumstances will justify the stopping of clocks during a tournament game?

    A: Strangling a photographer.

  • what! E4 OPENING?!?!? ANAND! YOU ANIMAL!!

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  • One of the best moment of chess history:)) Anand absolutely destroyed Kramnik's preparation with one move. And Vlad cannot believe.. Look at him at 2:01, he is completly "Hey Vishi, WTF?!?"

  • @calidude146  lol

  • I hate all this flashes

  • @fundyspokerblog No of course not! That's like playing in the Super Bowl and planning on the offense's passing game, not thinking for a moment that they might just run the ball.

    Seriously, it's stupid.

  • @thatjimguy It couldn't possibly be that these guys study the way their opponents play, their tendencies, their most played openings, their most played defenses, etc. etc. It couldn't possibly be that he knows Anand usually plays queen's pawn opening almost exclusively, prepared hard for it and all of the variations and then got surprised by the king's pawn open. Naahh, couldn't be

  • there might be something on the e4 pawn..

  • @kikook222 Didn't know they had the nuclear tesuji in chess too.

  • i like chess...but watching a chess match is like watching ants fuck

  • Lol I always play E4.

  • I mean, what is he doing looking him in the eye as if his opponent is going to be like a poker player and be able to read "Ah! You're going to play to Ruy Lopez eh?" I love chess, but the silly nonsense is worse than pro wrestling.

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